Nepal wants to scrap much hated “Treaty of Friendship” with India

By: RupeeNews

Red Maxist of Nepal are Anti-India

The Nepalis hate being slammed around and dislike hegemony.  Delhi is surrounded by problems of its own making. It is hated in South Asia for good reason. The “Indian Union” has had wars with all her neighbors, and it constantly interferes in the affairs of all of them. It calls all of them “failed states” proposing a raison d’etre under which it can absorb them into this huge behemoth called “Akhand Bharat“–an land mass which encompasses most of Asia– from Kabul in the West to a mystical land called Raj Kilhani, which is east of Bali in Indonesia. This is the “Bharat” that religious Bharatis dream of.

The Sri Lankans hate the Indians for supporting th the LTTE terrorists. The Bangladeshis are fed up with the “Rakhi Bahni” which tried to rule Bangladesh under an Indian general.  The Burmese would rather be isolated than deal with a Delhi bent upon making it a protectorate, The Maldives almost drowning don’t want a lifeboat from Bharat. The Chinese have huge boundary disputes with Delhi. In the early days of independence Delhi thought that it could grab Tibet and thus bifurcate China into small pieces, perpetuating the colonial division of China. Mao Zedung would have none of that and took over Tibet, Aksai Chin and told Delhi to lay off Tibet. Then of course there are the Pakistanis, a huge impediment to Bharati hegemonistic designs in West Asia.

Former Prime Minister of Nepal and the Chairman of the Nepal Communist Party- Unified Maoists’ Mr. Pushpa Kamal Dahal said beamingly on Saturday August 22, 2009, that the “five day official visit of Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal to India was an a summary failure”.

Mr. Dahal, while addressing a journalist gathering in Birgunj, further said that the Indian media which did not give any importance and coverage to the PM’s India stay was in itself a glaring proof of the failure of the visit.

“It was a brazen insult of Nepal PM in India”, he said.

Prachanda however, remembering those good old days, visiting New Delhi as the prime minister of Nepal, said, “I was the prime minister with the peoples’ mandate…prior to my arrival in New Delhi, the Indian media had made headlines.”

“Madhav Nepal’s has no peoples’ mandate and thus his visit did not draw much attention from the Indian media”, Prachanda said. Madhav Nepal’s trip to India a summary failure: Prachanda: TGW

Nuclear flashpoint: How India lost Nepal to China. Even though Nepal is Hindu, the people of Nepal have been struggling to get away from the yolk of Delhi. For years, Delhi supported the brutal monarchy which had signed “the treaty of peace of friendship” which made Nepal a protectorate of Delhi. An insurgency ensued for decades. The Maoists looked towards Beijing. Nepal’s former Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, or Prachanda (“fierce”) has publicly stated that is policy would be to equi-distant his country between Delhi and Beijing. This sort of talk keeps analysts up at night. A neutral Nepal gives huge headaches to Indian defense analysts. A Pro-Chinese Nepal is catastrophic for Delhi. A Nepal which is more friendly to China eliminates Delhi’s access to Tibet, and puts pressure on Sikkim and Bhutan. A hostile Nepal places the Indian union in jeopardy because it is a Damocles sword on Delhi. At the drop of a hat Nepal could choke Indian access to the seven Indian states in the Northeast which are already up in arms against Delhi.

“It’s not that 98 percent of the border disputes have been resolved, but that a total of 98 strip maps have been prepared. And we are not going to sign those maps”

India is now trying to support  a pro-Indian government and keep the Maoists out of power. This could be very dangerous,  because it could lead of widespread Anti-Indian riots. Already the Indian companies working Nepal face an uphill battle. Various project have been put on hold and trade is in jeopardy.

Maoists insurgents in Nepal and Naxalites in India

“Both, India and China are our friendly neighbors, we want to benefit from their economic prosperity”, said Mr. Nepal.

The Indian Minister for Home Affairs and a person known for his deep hatred against China and Pakistan, Mr. P. Chidambaram, met with visiting Prime Minister of Nepal Madhav Kumar Nepal in New Delhi. Mr. Chidambaram, expectedly, raised the issue of criminalization of Madhesh, insecurity along the porous open border and the impact it was having on Indian security.

Chidambaram also exhibited his concerns over the growing anti-India activities in Nepal and requested PM Nepal to curb them immediately. The Prime Minister, in response, assured the Indian minister that Nepali soil will never be allowed against friendly countries.

“Terrorists were using the Nepali soil to target India, mushrooming Madrasas along the border have turned into center of anti-India activities and that Nepal has turned into the hub of fake currency trade”, the India side categorically mentioned.

The Indian side claimed that the Pakistani Intelligence Agency, ISI was sponsoring anti-India activities in Nepal. Nepal’s Prime Minister however, said that he had no information if ISI was involved in such activities in Nepal. Similarly, Nepal’s Prime Minister in an hour long interaction with Indian intellectuals and journalists in New Delhi, Thursday, assured that Nepal will never turn into a hub of anti-India activities in Nepal.

The Indian journalists who were keen on raising “planted questions” categorically looked aggressive towards China. “China has never tried to influence Nepali politics”, Nepal’s communist prime minister replied when asked if Chinese activities were on the rise in Nepal? “I have never found that China has a desire to influence Nepali politics”, said Mr. Nepal.

“Both, India and China are our friendly neighbors, we want to benefit from their economic prosperity”, said Mr. Nepal.

“This government will not play one country against the other…I would like to assure our stand point over this fact”, Mr. Nepal said. “We are serious over the Indian concerns and we hope that India will also understand our sensitivities.” Telegraph Nepal

The Maoists recently quit the government protesting Indian interference. Peace is in jeopardy in the Himalayan state. The issue–getting rid of a pro-Indian general who had refused to listen to the Pro-Chinese Maoist rime Minister. The Maoists are a huge migraine headache for Delhi. The Maoists support the Naxaliteswhich control 40% of the Indian landmass. Once in power the Maoists continue their links with the Naxalites.  Red Nepal: Clear and present danger to India

The Maoists are mad at Delhi for the interference. If India continues its diktat, the Maoists could retreat to the mountains and begin the war once again. China has a lot of influence in Napal.

The two neighbours have finalised a revised trade agreement and a treaty on controlling unauthorised trade.

Secretary Commerce Rahul Khullar (R) with Nepalese Counterpart Purushottam Ojha (L) signing the agreemnet in the presence of External Affairs Minister S M Krishna with Commerce and Supplies Minister of Nepal Rajendra Mahato, during the signing of Indo-Nepal agreement ceremony in New Delhi on Saturday. PTI

New Delhi and Kathmandu revealed the decision to review the 1950 peace and friendship treaty in a joint statement that was issued on Saturday – the last day of the Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Nepal’s five-day tour to India.
The negotiators of both the countries failed to narrow down differences on the issue of reciprocity of re-export facility, but went ahead to finalise the Agreement of Cooperation to Control of Unauthorised Trade without inserting the contentious provision.

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New Delhi is reluctant to reciprocate Kathmandu’s offer of allowing India to re-export to Nepal imports from third country. The Ministry of Commerce in New Delhi anticipates that such a provision might turn Nepal into a transit point for export of Chinese products to India. The revised Treaty of Trade is expected to give a boost to the economic engagement by increasing the mutually agreed points of trade and result in both investment and employment generation. It aims at enlarging the scope of the existing institutional framework, under which India gives goods manufactured in Nepal duty-free access to its market.

External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and Nepalese Commerce Minister Rajendra Mahato were present when commerce secretaries of both the countries initialed the agreements. The present trade between India and Nepal during the year 2008-09 (April-February) is US $ 1,862.02 million and is expected to go beyond US $ 3 billion.

To help boost foreign trade of Nepal, India has also agreed to let its landlocked neighbour to use the Vishakhapatnam port in Andhra Pradesh for transit traffic. Nepal has already been using the port in Kolkata. New Delhi agreed to consider Kathmandu’s request for use of an additional sea port on the western coast for trade purposes.

The 1950 Treaty of Peace and Friendship between India and Nepal allows for free movement of people and goods between the two nations and a close relationship and collaboration on defence and foreign affairs. For New Delhi, the treaty is a tool to lessen Beijing’s influence on Kathmandu. But it has been drawing flak in Nepal, with the Maoists who now outnumber others in the Himalayan country’s Constituent Assembly demanding revision of the treaty.

The decision to review the treaty was taken during a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the visiting premier of Nepal. According to the joint statement issued on Saturday, the two PMs directed the Foreign Secretaries to discuss and review the treaty and other bilateral agreements to strengthen the relationship between the two neighbours. India, Nepal agree to review Friendship Treaty, New Delhi, Aug 23, DH News Service: Saturday, August 22, 2009.India and Nepal have agreed to review the 59-year-old bilateral Treaty of Peace and Friendship. Matrika, who was with his wife, rejected the India offer for arms and financial support, claims Janadharana quoting sources.